Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Manley

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for appellee in an action for damages for personal injuries under the workmen’s compensation law of Texas. Appellant contends that the appellee failed to meet the burden of proof requisite to recovery in a compensation case; that the judgment was excessive; and that the trial court’s charge to the jury, with respect to instructions given and refused, was prejudicial and misleading.

It was admitted that appellee sustained •compensable injuries at the time and place and in the manner alleged; the extent of the injuries was the only real issue…